Vulgalour Arts - Commissions OPEN and a Vauxhall Tigra Prints and Original

[vulgalour]

If you'd be willing to pay a nominal fee (£5-20 depending on how much needs changing to make it)  for a special order to be created, yes.

[vulgalour]

 

Let's have even more ADO16 options.  GT, VDP and four-door cars catered for now.  Not uploaded to the shop yet, that's going to take a little time.  Next is going to be making the long-fin versions, Riley, Wolseley, estate and Austin America.  Eventually I should be able to cater to any combination of trim, colour and body style so I can then create custom orders.

[vulgalour]

Those six new variants are now live:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/angylroper/

[vulgalour]

Phwoar, check out this cool new thing I'm working on.

 

[vulgalour]

 

That's the basics all completed.  Once I've got some research done into correct trim level combinations this will be going live in the shop.  I'm not entirely certain on things like chrome windscreen insert or wheel rim embellishers being proper Ambassador or Princess options.  I also learned only about 30% of the body shape is shared between the two cars, almost every part had to be redrawn from the basic Princess version I'd built to turn it into an Ambassador.

[chaseracer]

The only outer panels in common were the front doors, apparently.

[vulgalour]

Chase:  they even changed the front doors!  While the skin is ostensibly the same and you can swap Princess and Ambassador front doors, the mirror on the Princess is held on with captive nuts on the door skin while on the Ambassador it's on a small triangular piece in the glasshouse.  I believe the front door glass is different to accommodate this too.  Ambassadors are exactly the same as Princesses and completely different at the same time, it's weird.

 

Scotty:  Allegros will be happening at some point.  There's a bajillion different versions of those too!

[adw1977]

I'm not entirely certain on things like chrome windscreen insert or wheel rim embellishers being proper Ambassador or Princess options.

 

I've got some relevant Austin-Rover brochures scanned which might help:

 

1982 https://www.flickr.com/photos/61090099@N04/sets/72157629950036194

1983 https://www.flickr.com/photos/61090099@N04/sets/72157629907118230

1984 https://www.flickr.com/photos/61090099@N04/sets/72157643328249664

[Craig the Princess]

There are a 1982 Emberglow L and 1983 Clove Brown HL here if you want any pics or close ups

[vulgalour]

If they have a coachline, can you show me how that looks?  I've got good refs for Princess, but all the Ambassador pics I can find don't really show this bit.  Photos would be good for colour matching too, so I'd definitely appreciate that

[vulgalour]

 

Thanks to some superb reference material from Captain_70s and some spare time this afternoon, I managed to start work on the Triumph portfolio.  I've got the basic shapes down here and started some detailing as you can see on the wheels, there's still plenty to do.  I'm also not entirely sure I like the background thingies, they looked better in my head than they do in practice.

[Craig the Princess]

If they have a coachline, can you show me how that looks? I've got good refs for Princess, but all the Ambassador pics I can find don't really show this bit. Photos would be good for colour matching too, so I'd definitely appreciate that

The L has no coachline, I'm sure the HL does have one in gold but now I'm doubting myself. I'll get some pictures but probably not until Thursday.

[captain_70s]

Thanks to some superb reference material from Captain_70s and some spare time this afternoon, I managed to start work on the Triumph portfolio.  I've got the basic shapes down here and started some detailing as you can see on the wheels, there's still plenty to do.  I'm also not entirely sure I like the background thingies, they looked better in my head than they do in practice.

 

I should probably point out that the exhaust on my car is made of bodge and is waaaay too thick in diameter and has that weird hanger on the rear bumper mount. Normal exhausts for OHV models are thinner and the rear mount/silencer is tucked away behind the rear wheel like this:

My car still features the behind wheel mount but the rubber one has been added under the bumper presumable as my pipe is so much thicker/heavier than the original  (Ooo-err, missus) it needs the extra support!

 

Give me a PM if you're needing any more details on trim across the models/years/specs of Tollys and Dollys, that WIP looks excellent!

[vulgalour]

I wasn't sure on that.  I've seen a few with varieties of super ugly exhaust so kind of assumed it was standard.

 

Trim details would be welcome!  I know a little bit but not all the specifics.  I'm expecting about four hundred and six different combinations, because BL.

[Craig the Princess]

 

Another happy customer

[Craig the Princess]

Here are the pictures of the coach-line on the Austin Ambassador A-reg. It's an HL in Clove Brown with a thin beige line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The X-reg L has no coach-line.

[vulgalour]

That tee-shirt looks ace   Thanks for the detail shots of the Ambassador too, that helps.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Scotty:  Allegros will be happening at some point.  There's a bajillion different versions of those too!

 

the most important one is obvs

[vulgalour]

 

Added a few more ADO16 variations.  There's still more to do!  These should make for a reasonable sticker sheet, ideal for hiding those rusty blebs on your otherwise pristine* vehicle.

[vulgalour]

That multicolour tile can now be got over here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/angylroper/works/28795625-ado16-multicolour-2?asc=u

 

It's particularly good as a sticker set and cushions.

[vulgalour]

Autoshite+Lamborghini=Tractor, normally.  Here's a 70s Countach instead.  Sorry about that.  https://www.redbubble.com/people/angylroper/collections/792864-lamborghini?asc=u

 

[Felly Magic]

You do have some awesome skills Angyl. 

[bezzabsa]

Loving the Dolly .... How about a sprint in Daytona yellow (please correct if wrong)

 

Or even a 'Barn find' RS2000 Mk2 .......

[dollywobbler]

It is staggering how much you've improved. When you first started this, I said nothing at all, because that's what my mother told me. I thought bad things.

Then you sent me that small drawing of Elly, and I was very impressed. Definitely getting better and better now. Great to see! Sorry for being a doubter...

[vulgalour]

Just been chugging away and learning as I go.  I can understand much better now where I was going wrong when I started this thread a few years ago and yes, some of those early offerings are not the best.  My best is yet to come, I'm sure, just over the course of this year the digital work has come on leaps and bounds as I understand the tools better and that, in turn has helped improve the traditional work.

 

I just wish some of the early traditional stuff looked on the screen like it does in person.

 

This is a good opportunity to thank, once again, everyone that has supported my efforts with the car artwork.  Whether that's words of encouragement, purchasing prints or commissioning work, every little bit has helped keep me going and figuring out how best to improve and make stuff people want.

[Noel Tidybeard]

Loving the Dolly .... How about a sprint in Daytona yellow (please correct if wrong)

 

Or even a 'Barn find' RS2000 Mk2 .......

 

daytona yeller! wash your mouth out thats a Fraud color!

 

a Dollopofshite should be Mimosa yellow

[PhilA]

Took them a while but my parents added the Sprite to their wall in the living room, now nicely framed.

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

Phil

[vulgalour]

Unusual picture on the bottom left of the group there, Phil. 

[PhilA]

We call that one "View Into The kitchen, (1963)".

 

So far though my mother's turned that wall into something of an art gallery.

[vulgalour]

 

These are almost ready for print now.  I've stuck to the Mk2 cars and added in the very rare Club 100 car with the trim levels descending from most plush to least plush in this little montage.  The minor trim differences for Mk1 and Mk3 cars still need to be made before I release those.  I'll likely be releasing a combined Princess and Ambassador pattern which should work well as sticker packs and the like.

 

When I've got more of these BL designs done I will be releasing a mixed sticker pack with as many different cars as I can get on a sheet, because I suspect that would be a fun cheap thing for folks to acquire.  You'd also be able to sticker bomb your rust with unfashionable cars just in time for that particular fad to be almost entirely forgotten.